SEARCHING FOR THE JIHAD CLAUSES AMONG THE FOUR GOSPEL

There are times when the members of Verily Prime are so busy, mainly due to filial obligations, that we butcher the English language or we misspell words without correcting the blog; but we will never be too busy not to address the ever growing and malicious, vicious disrespect those in Hollywood or elsewhere carryout against the Christian faith. Such a gross depiction of disrespect for the Christian faith took place this past Sunday when Larry David of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” fame supposedly, accidentally urinated on a portrait of Jesus’ face, causing the Catholics who saw the aftermath (tearful Jesus) to genuflect. This disrespect is getting so bad that this member of Verily Prime has been searching the scriptures, to no avail, for any Jihad clauses, among the four Gospels, which would allow me to justify harm to those who think they can continue to be immune from such insults (satire intended). Replace the picture of Jesus with that of the Quran, and HBO would have been surrounded and the Fatwa on Mr. David would have worked corruption of blood on Larry’s bloodline. In New York, years ago, then Mayor Koch, during the Christmas season, sanctioned the placing of a Crescent Moon and Menorah among the Nativity scene, but had grave issues with the manger scene, which had the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus-I have never heard of traditional Christians calling for the wholesale slaughter of the Jews, unlike many of those who represent the Crescent Moon. Another apt example happened a few years ago when famed Actor Robert Duval gave Stephen Spielberg a verbal shellacking because the latter had gone to Cuba and lauded Castro, even though Castro had a few days earlier summarily killed three journalists for criticizing his regime. Duval asked the fame director what if someone were lauding Hitler--most of Hollywood think they have the liberty to say anything about the Christian faith and they chalk it up under the all encompassing, “satire.” As an attorney, I know the merits of the First Amendment’s position on free speech, but it is a right that is qualified. If you were to visit the Vietnam War Memorial and urinated on it, God forbid, I would expect any veteran to give you a beat down, especially one who fought in Vietnam, notwithstanding satire or your First Amendment’s rights. Although my flesh does not like these insults against my faith, the Jesus I serve will never condone any harm that comes to my mind for the like of Larry David-in the mean time, Larry Johnson, a member of the Kansas City football team, was suspended for making a gay slur. Once again, we look through our vistas and see the twin malignancies of bias and political correctness amassing power.

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